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The Texas Department of Public Safety drew some attention when it accidentally issued AMBER warnings for two Child’s play movie franchise characters.
On Friday, missing alerts to the Texas Department of Public Safety included the murderous doll, Chucky, and his son, Glen Ray. Glen is described wearing a blue shirt and black collar, while Chucky is said to be wearing “blue denim overalls with multi-colored striped long-sleeved shirt” and “wielding a huge kitchen knife.”
The local NBC branch discovered that this was actually the result of a test that went wrong. The Department of Public Safety was testing its server when it accidentally disclosed these fake warnings. Still, it assured the public that the number on the flyers doesn’t work.
“This was actually a test we ran on a dev server and it went off by accident,” said Ruben Medina of DPS. “We appreciate you contacted us to verify this. We apologize for this inconvenience to you.”
The AMBER Alert system started in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. It is a system for connecting broadcasters with local police forces to assist in tracing missing / kidnapped children. AMBER stands for America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response, an acronym created in memory of Amber Hagerman. 9-year-old Hagerman was kidnapped while cycling in Arlington, Texas and murdered in 1996.
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